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Ardara St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2025 This year’s St Patrick’s Parade will be taking place on Sunday 16th March. Get involved in one of the most exciting events of the

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Wild Atlantic Festival 2024 The Wild Atlantic Festival kicked off on Friday 2nd August with events and entertainment daily up until Saturday 10th August. Full information leaflet with all details

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Bonny Glen Woods Official Opening The Bonny Glen Woods were officially opened by Minister Charlie McConalogue T.D. on Thursday 27th June which took place in The Dolmen Centre as well

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WONDERFUL NEWS FOR ARDARA The wonderful news has just been announced that the walkway along Kentucky, Cottage Lane and Narin Road will be named the “Terence Slowey Way“. The people

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Information Evening Donegal County Council are holding a public meeting in Ardara Heritage Centre from 4 – 7 pm this Monday March 11th to advise people on the Vacant Home

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Wednesday Night Dancing Stephen Bennett presents Wednesday Night Dancing which will be taking place every Wednesday over the next few weeks in the Ardara GAA Clubhouse between 9-11pm. Starting off

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Christmas Carol Singing There will be carol singing on the Diamond on Saturday 23rd December at 6pm with refreshments afterwards in the Parish Centre. Make sure to wear something ‘Christmassy’

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Public Meeting By Cllr. Molloy Councillor Anthony Molloy has organized a public meeting in the Ardara Parish Centre this coming Thursday November 23rd at 8pm. Councillor Molloy wants to present

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Matchmaking Festival 2023 This weekend the Matchmaking Festival kicks off on Friday. There’s great events throughout the town including a matchmaker in residence in pubs throughout the town, Duck Street

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Johnny Doherty Festival The Johnny Doherty Festival takes place in Ardara from September 22nd to 24th. The Johnny Doherty Festival is a traditional music and dance festival, held in honour

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Autumn Oil Painting Classes Get creative this Autumn and learn how create your own masterpiece to hang on your wall. Artist Sean O’Brogain will introduce the basic skills, techniques and

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Glengesh Road Works Donegal County Council has warned that due to the essential road works, the R230 at Glengesh (Common Bridge and Glengesh) will be blocked from 8.30am to 6m

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Johnny Doherty Festival The Johnny Doherty Festival takes place in Ardara from September 22nd to 24th. The Johnny Doherty Festival is a traditional music and dance festival, held in honour

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Annual Charity Barbecue The annual Charity Barbecue in memory of Margaret an Gerard Slowey takes place at the Corner House, Ardara on Sunday August 20th at 5pm. The Slowey family

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Wild Atlantic Festival The Wild Atlantic Festival continues until Saturday 12th, featuring activities, tours, walks and entertainment to celebrate our unique part of the Wild Atlantic Way. Upcoming highlights include

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Wild Atlantic Festival The Wild Atlantic Festival takes place from Saturday 5th August to Saturday 12th August 2023, featuring activities, tours, walks and entertainment to celebrate our unique part of

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Ardara Artisan Market The next Artisan Market takes place on Saturday July 29th from 11am to 3pm in the main town car park. A variety of traders will be in

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Bluegrass Festival Save the date! The Ardara Bluegrass Festival takes place from tomorrow, Friday July 21st to Sunday July 23rd at various locations throughout the town. More details and Programme

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The launch of “The Road to Glenlough” by Christy Gillespie takes place in the Parish Centre on 21st July at 8pm. Lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched, the book breathes life

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Ardara Artisan Market The next Artisan Market takes place on Saturday July 15th from 11am to 3pm in the main town car park. The full listing for this and other

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Upcoming Festivals It’s full steam ahead for festival season, with the Bluegrass Festival kicking off on Friday 21st July. This year’s festival features some of the finest bluegrass acts in

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The programme for the 2023 Ardara Bluegrass Festival can now be viewed on our Bluegrass Festival page. This year’s lineup features some of the best talent around, with Mules &

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Ardara Artisan Market The Artisan Market takes place on Saturday July 1st from 11am to 3pm in the main town car park. The full listing for this and other events

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Ardara Bluegrass Festival Save the date! The Ardara Bluegrass Festival takes place from Friday, July 21st to Sunday, July 23rd at various locations throughout the town. More details to follow.

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Ardara Artisan Market The second Ardara Artisan Market takes place in the main town car park on Saturday, June 17th from 10am to 3pm. A variety of traders will be

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Ardara Artisan Market The next Ardara Artisan Market will take place on Saturday 17th June. If you are interested in attending, please contact the Facebook page for more information English

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Ardara Artisan Market The first Artisan Market will take place on Saturday June 3rd from 11am to 3pm in the main town car park. A variety of traders will be

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Ardara Artisan Market The first Ardara Artisan Market will take place on Saturday 3rd June, 11am – 3pm in the Main town car park. A variety of traders will be

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Ardara Day Centre Could you offer a helping hand to support our elderly in our community? Ardara Day Centre needs committee volunteers. The Centre is run by a voluntary committee

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Ardara Day Centre Could you offer a helping hand to support our elderly in our community? Ardara Day Centre needs committee volunteers. The Centre is run by a voluntary committee

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Dolmen Leisure Company LBG has announced its has successfully secured €175,359.17 in LEADER funding, which has been formally approved by the Donegal Local Development Company and Donegal LCDC, to establish

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Darkness Into Light Portnoo Darkness Into Light Portnoo 2023, proudly supported by Electric Ireland, starts at 4.15am on the morning of Saturday, May 6th. The 5Km walk starts and finishes

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A Sets Céilí will be held in Heritage Centre with Duntally Céilí Band on 1st May Bank holiday Monday beginning at 8.00pm. Clement will call the Sets. Everyone is welcome.

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Cup of Tae Festival The Ardara Cup of Tae Festival takes place this May Bank Holiday weekend, Friday 28th April to Monday 1st May 2023. This year we honour the

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The Cup of Tae Festival on the May bank holiday weekend 2023 promises to be another great chapter in the history of the festival. The weekend starts with a special concert

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Dawn Chorus Nature Walk Join Michael Bell of Nature Learn on Saturday 29th April at 7.00am for a special walk to wake up to the sounds of our local bird

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Ardara Day Centre Could you offer a helping hand to support the elderly in our community? Ardara Day Centre needs committee volunteers. Ardara Day Centre is run by a voluntary

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Cleanup week starts in Ardara from Sunday 16th April. Anyone willing to collect litter on any road can get bags and pickers from Stephen by contacting him on 087-2424590. Full bags

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Rich Loughros Place-Lore Recorded in New Book Loughros Heritage Group is delighted to announce the launch of its new publication, called ‘Pointe Luacharois, Loughros Point: Placenames and Tales of Nooks

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Table Quiz There will be a table quiz in aid of the Church of Ireland Ardara on Saturday, April 8th, at 8pm in the Methodist Hall, Ardara. Teams of four:

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Cup of Tae Festival The Ardara Cup of Tae Festival takes place again this year on the May Bank Holiday weekend, Friday 28th April to Monday 1st May 2023. This

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Cup of Tae Festival The Ardara Cup of Tae Festival takes place again this year on the May Bank Holiday weekend, Friday 28th April to Monday 1st May 2023. This

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Ardara Walking Festival The Ardara Walking Festival takes place over the St. Patrick’s weekend. Kevin the coordinator has selected some very exciting walks to cater for all walkers. Friday 17th

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St. Patrick’s Parade The Parade takes place on Sunday, March 19th, starting at 3.30pm from the Church Car Park and all participants are asked to be there before 3pm. Shop

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The Ardara Walking Festival The Ardara Walking Festival takes place from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th March. There will be one moderate to difficult and one easy to moderate walk

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The Ardara Walking Festival takes place from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th March. There will be one moderate to difficult and one easy to moderate walk for the festival weekend.

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Tonight’s Crampsey & Cavanagh Concert in the Beehive has been cancelled due to bereavement. Alternative entertainment will go ahead as planned, with live music downstairs in the Beehive this evening

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Country & Western Festival The Country & Western Festival takes place in Ardara this weekend, kicking off tonight with live music in the Beehive. The weekend will feature top country

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Country & Western Weekend A weekend of country and western music will take place in Ardara from February 2nd to 6th. The weekend will feature top country stars, as well

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Country & Western Weekend A weekend of country and western music will take place in Ardara from February 3rd to 6th. The weekend will feature top country stars, as well

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Ardara GAA Presents ‘The Two Loves of Gabriel Foley’ After a lapse of two years the GAA Drama Group are back with another hilarious comedy play by Jimmy Keary called

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Country & Western Weekend A weekend of country and western music will take place in Ardara from February 3rd to 6th. The weekend will feature top country stars, as well

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Walk With ME Well done to everyone who came out and took part in the walk in memory of Mary Ellen on St. Stephen’s Day. There was a great turnout.

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Woodhill Community Inclusion Hub have completed a community project which would be of interest to the local children.
They have completed an enchanted walk / fairy village  with lots of fairy doors and disney characters for the children to enjoy at the Biodiversity lane, Woodhill, Ardara.

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Carol Singing There will be Carol Singing on the Diamond on Thursday 22nd December at 6:30pm followed by a Welcome Event in the Methodist Hall. Members of the Methodist Church

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2022 Dúchas Annual All going well this year’s Dúchas annual will be available to purchase in shops on Friday 9th in the afternoon/evening. Keep up to date on the Dúchas

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Christmas Lights Switch On Great news – we’ve reached our fundraising target on GoFundMe to bring Christmas lights back to Ardara. Thank you all for your generous donations – it’s

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Ardara Christmas Craft Fair The Ardara Christmas Craft Fair will take place in the Community Centre Ardara on Saturday 26th November from 11.00am to 5.30pm. Come and join over 30 festive stalls

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